Cabot, Meg. The highs and lows of being Mia.CABOT, Meg. The highs and lows of being Mia. (The Princess Diaries, Volumes III and IV.) HarperCollins, Avon. 422p. 0-06059001-7 $13.99. JS* These two volumes (here in one book) were reviewed separately in hardcover in KLIATT. Volume III was reviewed in March 2002, and Volume IV was reviewed in March 2003. Summaries from those two reviews follow. In volume III, Princess Mia is back, still struggling with life as a freshman at Albert Einstein High School Albert Einstein High School, named after the German-American physicist, Albert Einstein, is a four-year high school located at 11135 Newport Mill Road, near Kensington in unincorporated Montgomery County, Maryland. The principal is James Fernandez. and her crush on her best friend's older brother--not to mention the responsibility of being the heir to the throne of Genovia, a small European country. Her trials and tribulations in this latest outing include her mother's pregnancy (she's now married to Mia's algebra teacher), princess lessons from her imperious im·pe·ri·ous adj. 1. Arrogantly domineering or overbearing. See Synonyms at dictatorial. 2. Urgent; pressing. 3. Obsolete Regal; imperial. and scary Grandmere, and her boyfriend Kenny, who is wild about her though she isn't wild about him. In volume IV, Mia reluctantly spends Christmas vacation in Genovia attending official functions (straying somewhat from her prepared Christmas Eve speech by proposing parking meters for the country), receiving more dreaded lessons in becoming a proper princess from her imperious grandmother, and pining for her boyfriend. She isn't overly impressed with herself for being a princess (though she notes "scepter scepter symbol of regal or imperial power and authority. [Western Culture: Misc.] See : Authority scepter denotes fairness and righteousness. [Heraldry: Halberts, 37] See : Justice excellent for pushing back cuticles"), and makes fun of her playboy royal cousin Rene, whom her grandmother sees as a suitable escort for her and she views as a pest. Back in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , Mia and her friends try to come up with a role model for romance (Jane Eyre This article is about the Victorian novel. For other uses, see Jane Eyre (disambiguation). Jane Eyre is a classic romance novel by Charlotte Brontë that was published in 1847 by Smith, Elder & Company, London. , perhaps?), while Mia worries she has no talents at all. Needless to say, all ends happily. Fans of the series will be delighted to have more of Mia, and her chatty chat·ty adj. chat·ti·er, chat·ti·est 1. Inclined to chat; friendly and talkative. 2. Full of or in the style of light informal talk: a chatty letter. voice continues to charm. Paula Rohrlick, KLIATT |
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